Is Buitoni All natural three cheese tortellini ultra-processed?

Cereals and their products Sold in the United States and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Whey

34 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

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Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Dough (durum wheat), water, eggs, filling (ricotta cheese (processing marker), whey (ultra-processing marker)), milk, cream, vinegar, salt (processing marker), wheat flour, romano cheese (processing marker) (cow's milk, salt (processing marker), enzymes), water, parmesan cheese (processing marker) (pasteurized part-skim milk, salt (processing marker), enzymes), canola oil, skim milk, salt (processing marker), parmesan cheese paste (water, sodium phosphate, enzymes), yeast, cream, sugar (processing marker), spices, sunflower oil (processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker)

As written on the pack

Dough: ground durum wheat, water, eggs. filling: ricotta cheese (whey, milk, cream, vinegar, salt), wheat flour, romano cheese (cultured pasteurized part skim cow's milk, salt, enzymes), water, parmesan cheese (cultured pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, enzymes), canola oil, skim milk, salt, organic parmesan cheese paste ([organic cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes], water, sodium phosphate, enzymes), yeast, cream powder, sugar, spices, sunflower oil, natural flavor.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.

4 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 5,078 cereals and their products

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3318th. 57% of the cereals and their products here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 5,078 cereals and their products, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0024842112110, last edited 25 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.